''Alysicarpus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the
legume
Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...
family,
Fabaceae
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. It is distributed in
tropical
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and
subtropical
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regions
[Chavan, S., et al. (2012)]
''Alysicarpus sanjappae'' (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India.
''Kew Bulletin'' 68 1–4. of Africa, Asia, and Australia.
[ Species are known generally as moneyworts.][''Alysicarpus''.]
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).
Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepts the following 37 species:[
*'' Alysicarpus aurantiacus''
*'' Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis''
*'' Alysicarpus brownii''
*'' Alysicarpus bupleurifolius'' – sweet alys
*'' Alysicarpus ferrugineus''
*'' Alysicarpus gamblei''
*'' Alysicarpus gautalensis''
*'' Alysicarpus glumaceus''
*'' Alysicarpus hamosus''
*'' Alysicarpus hendersonii''
*'' Alysicarpus heterophyllus''
*'' Alysicarpus heyneanus''
*'' Alysicarpus longifolius''
*'' Alysicarpus luteovexillatus''
*'' Alysicarpus major''
*'' Alysicarpus misquittae''
*'' Alysicarpus monilifer''
*'' Alysicarpus muelleri''
*'' Alysicarpus naikianus''
*'' Alysicarpus ovalifolius'' – alyce clover
*'' Alysicarpus pokleanus''
*'' Alysicarpus prainii''
*'' Alysicarpus pubescens''
*'' Alysicarpus quartinianus''
*'' Alysicarpus roxburghianus''
*'' Alysicarpus rugosus'' – red moneywort
*'' Alysicarpus salim-alii''
*'' Alysicarpus sanjappae''
*'' Alysicarpus saplianus''
*'' Alysicarpus scariosus''
*'' Alysicarpus schomburgkii''
*'' Alysicarpus sedgwickii''
*'' Alysicarpus suffruticosus''
*'' Alysicarpus tetragonolobus''
*'' Alysicarpus vaginalis'' – white moneywort, buffalo clover, one-leaf clover
*'' Alysicarpus yunnanensis''
*'' Alysicarpus zeyheri''
]
References
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
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